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MRSA infection in the neonatal intensive care unit

Mario Giuffrè Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno-Infantile ‘G. D’Alessandro’, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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Celestino Bonura Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno-Infantile ‘G. D’Alessandro’, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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Domenico Cipolla Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno-Infantile ‘G. D’Alessandro’, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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Caterina Mammina Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno-Infantile ‘G. D’Alessandro’, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy. [email protected]
Pages 499-509 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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